MLS players involved with the new Black Players for Change coalition took the field ahead of the league’s first game since shutting down due to the coronavirus.

As MLS geared up Wednesday for its first game since the coronavirus pandemic halted the league, players from across the league used the opportunity to make a statement.

Representatives from multiple teams took the field prior to the Inter Miami-Orlando SC game as members of the Black Players for Change initiative, a group formed on Juneteenth this year that’s “working to bring more inclusion across all of MLS. Here to elevate and amplify our Black voices and Black communities.” Once on the pitch, members organized themselves in unison, raising their right fists in the air and sporting black gloves. The demonstration lasted eight minutes and 46 seconds–the same amount of time Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on the neck of George Floyd before